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Eldrazi Decks You Haven’t Seen

There’s more than one way to skin a cat (supposedly…), and there’s more than one way to brew with the Eldrazi! Oath of the Gatewatch Standard promises a metagame shuffle, and CVM is ready to show off a few of his first drafts!

Daily Digest: Converging Abzan

If you think you’ve seen everything the ever-popular Abzan archetype is capable of, you may want to think again. GerryT has a few more innovations for the most powerful clans in the business! If you’re on the Abzan plan for #SCGATL next weekend, take notice!

The Oath Of The Gatewatch Standard Review

If you need analysis card-by-card for Magic’s most popular format, it just doesn’t get any better than this. GerryT provides priceless commentary on Oath of the Gatewatch’s big players here with #SCGATL is only one week away!

Aggressive Eldrazi Decks!

Everyone pretty much agrees on one thing: The Eldrazi are going to shape Standard as they see fit. But how will that begin? Pro Tour Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin has a few ideas that could form the basis of next weekend’s #SCGATL metagame!

Colorless Mana And Conventional Wisdom

We’re all wrong sometimes. What makes a lot of players so great and so dangerous is that they’re willing to consider new things. Sam Black is one such player, and today, he’s examining the changing world of Standard mana and the strange incident of a successful 64-card deck!

The Boss VS. Brad: Atarka Red VS. G/R Eldrazi Ramp

New cards, new decks, new format. New VS video! Tom and Brad can’t wait until they get their hands on Oath of the Gatewatch, and they’ve got a few games of New Standard to prove it!

New Archetypes For Oath Of The Gatewatch Standard

Michael Majors may be a huge success in professional Magic these days, but that doesn’t mean he shies away from brewing! Michael has some great ideas that can turn your #SCGATL experience next weekend into one your opponents won’t forget!

Gatewatching Standard

Two Pro Tour Finals appearances later, and Shaun McLaren is still trucking! So how does a veteran pro evaluate a new set? Which cards does he think stand the best (and worst) chance of success? Shaun cuts through the hype!

The Many Uses Of Oaths And Eldrazi Displacer

Always the brewer, Chris Lansdell is hard at work on finding crazy things to do with Eldrazi Displacer! How many ways are there to abuse that blink effect in each format? Chris takes an Oath to do his best to find them all!

Daily Digest: Guess Who’s Bach?

Think everything in Standard has been done to death and then some? Maybe we’re just not trying hard enough to innovate. GerryT knows a (Mardu) guy that’s still got plenty of tricks in his Standard pocket!

Todd VS. The Boss: Esper Control VS. The Gatewatch

Ready to see the world once Oath of the Gatewatch is unleashed? Welcome to the future! Todd and Tom brew up a couple of post-Oath specials for your entertainment!

Dragons And The Truth

What’s the best way to attack the #SCGCHAR Standard Classic metagame? Adrian Sullivan thinks he’s found the answer. If you want to avoid losing to Jeskai Black/Mardu Blue and still have game against aggression, Adrian is your man!

Standard Decks For Team Eldrazi!

Bennie Smith knows Oath of the Gatewatch isn’t Standard-legal for a few more weeks, but he can’t help himself! See the big-time brews Bennie will be ready with come set release time!

The Future Of G/R Eldrazi Ramp

It’s pretty easy to see that the Eldrazi might be pretty significant in shaping Standard in the time to come. So what direction should you take in throwing down giant monsters? Brad Nelson has begun the refinement process, and he wants your help in perfecting this archetype!

2015, 2016, And The Latest In Dragon Technology

The great Brian Kibler takes a retrospective look at his personal goals for 2015 and his goals for Magic in the wake of the big gaming boom of the last few years! Then, The Dragonmaster lives up to his name by providing the coolest Dragons list we’ve seen yet for #SCGCHAR’s Standard Classic!